Felske, who teaches language arts at East Troy High School, was the 2010-11 recipient of Department of Public Instruction’s award given to the state’s best educators. Earlier this month, Felske wrote an open letter to the governor criticizing him for what she says is the degradation of public schools

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A professor at St. Norbert College says that although the right-to-work bill currently being considered by the state Senate is not a repeat of Act 10 — the controversial 2011 bill that ended collective bargaining for public-sector unions — the Legislature’s approach has been similar.

On Friday, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald unexpectedly announced the right-to-work bill would be passed this week, and Gov. Scott Walker announced he would sign it. The bill would ban mandatory union dues as a condition of employment at private companies.

Political scientist Charley Jacobs said the introduction of the bill is following the same sort of pattern as Act 10.